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"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg) 09/12/2019 at 10:30 • Filed to: None

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OPPOsaurus WRX > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 09/12/2019 at 10:34

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i bet that hurt

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 09/12/2019 at 10:37

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Holy fucking shit!
Well, better to hit the side of the semi than to get hit by a semi on the side I guess

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Urambo Tauro > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 09/12/2019 at 10:40

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Had me fooled! As soon as the video started and I saw that fog , I began concentrating on the truck ahead, expecting that it was suddenly going to have to brake or swerve for stopped traffic. Nope!

facw > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 09/12/2019 at 10:50

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Silver car, I wonder if his lights were on, would have been hard to see without them  (it’s not clear that truck’s were on either, don’t drive around in dense fog without lights!).

facw > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 09/12/2019 at 10:51

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Looks like the truck’s front wheels were locked up, so he did at least try to stop, but he probably should have done so much sooner.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 09/12/2019 at 10:56

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Whoa. Hwy 30 and 218 in the fog? Cedar Rapids, I’d recognize you by the odor, even over YouTube.

How’d that crossing semi even have time to get into the intersection?

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 09/12/2019 at 11:09

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I saw those pictures, looks like the modern safety design of the car did its job. And yeah, better to hit than to get hit by. Also a good thing he didn’t hit the side of the trailer instead, which he could’ve easily gone underneath.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Urambo Tauro 09/12/2019 at 11:10

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It’s like a perfect jump scare video except it wasn’t staged.

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 09/12/2019 at 11:11

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That Focus took the hit like a champ.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 09/12/2019 at 11:11

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Guess he just didn’t see the warnings and rolled straight through.

facw > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 09/12/2019 at 11:13

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Would be nice if side underride protection was required in the US. Truckers would fight it though, I think there are a lot of railroad crossing with absurdly steep breakovers where trucks could high-center if they had underride guards.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > facw 09/12/2019 at 11:15

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Yup. Although some trucks already have them here. The upshot is that they help with aerodynamics.

InFierority Complex > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 09/12/2019 at 11:16

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This is why you don't visit Silent Hill.

facw > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 09/12/2019 at 11:17

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My impression was that those aero panels didn’t actually have any meaningful structure behind them, if a car hit them they’d just bend/break.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > facw 09/12/2019 at 11:20

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The more I think about it, you’re probably right. They look way too flimsy to be useful.

Thomas Donohue > facw 09/12/2019 at 11:59

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I could be wrong, but I assume what he truck didn’t see was the stop sign. He likely saw the other truck in front of the silver car when he locked them up.

While yes, they should be on in fog, I’m n ot sure how lights on the silver car would have helped when the offending truck was already full lock and headed straight through the intersection .

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 09/12/2019 at 12:10

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Alright, I know the semi blew the intersection, but how did the car not do anything to avoid it?

From the video there’s at least 5 secs when the semi is in view, yet the car just drives into the side of it like its not even there.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 09/12/2019 at 13:13

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I know firsthand that cameras can sometimes see better through this stuff than people can, but as to why the driver didn’t have any reaction at any point, yup that’s odd.